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Binnington delivered a nice bounce-back
performance after allowing four goals Sunday at Detroit. His
teammates bailed him out with a 5-4 overtime victory over the
Red Wings in that game, but Binnington proved to be the
difference Wednesday.
Alex Pietrangelo and Sammy Blais scored for the Blues, who won
for the fourth time in five games.
Mats Zuccarello scored for the Wild, who lost for the eighth
time in nine road games. Devan Dubnyk made 24 saves before
departing for an extra attacker.
Pietrangelo scored the decisive goal 1:39 into the third period
off an offensive-zone faceoff. He slipped in from the right
point unnoticed and had all the time needed to convert David
Perron's deft cross-ice pass. Carl Gunnarsson also got an
assist.
The Wild blew a 3-0 lead at Dallas on Tuesday night while
falling 6-3 to the Stars. They responded with solid road hockey
against the Blues in the scoreless first period, outshooting St.
Louis 12-7.
Blais put the Blues up 1-0 at 6:52 of the second period with a
snap shot from the right circle, putting the puck over Dubnyk's
left shoulder. Ryan O'Reilly and Pietrangelo got assists on the
play.
Zuccarello tied the game less than two minutes later, scoring
his first goal of the season by jamming a loose puck home in the
crease. Eric Staal and Jason Zucker earned assists. Staal has
eight points in his past six games, and Zucker has six points in
six games.
O'Reilly thought he scored the go-ahead goal later in the second
period -- surprising Dubnyk with a quick shot from the left
circle -- but the Wild erased that with a successful offside
challenge.
--Field Level Media
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